. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ually the under side)covered with the hymenium. 6. Tremellineae, plants of a gelatinous texture, vari- ous in ^. —The common Mushroom, Agaricuscampestris, belongs to this family. The family Agari-caceEB is made up of what are now popularly termedagarics. Very many of t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ually the under side)covered with the hymenium. 6. Tremellineae, plants of a gelatinous texture, vari- ous in ^. —The common Mushroom, Agaricuscampestris, belongs to this family. The family Agari-caceEB is made up of what are now popularly termedagarics. Very many of the species were once placedin the genus Agaricus. The genus became so large thatit was subdivided into a large number of subgenera,many of which have recently been raised to the rank ofgenera. In thus subdividing the old genus Agaricusinto a number of genera there has been a lack of uni- formity on the i>art of systematists in the choice of ageneric name for the common Mushroom. Saccardoretained the genus Agaricus for the common Mushroomand its near allies, altlnmgh discarding the subgenusIsalliota. Some employed the genus Agaricus,some Psalliota. others IratelJa. and still others proposeto restore the antitixuited genus Fungus, and call outplant FiiHi/KS canipisfris. This is not the place for a. sh b 1442. Section of a cill of Agaricus campestris, enlarged. discussion of the merits of any of these names, but itseems better in the present instance, at least, to use thegeneric name Agaricus with the limits of Psalliota-Fries. Other Species of the Genus Agaricus. —There are anumber of other species of the genus, as thus limited,which, because of their size and esculent qualities, areworthy of mention. Agaricus arvensis, the Horse Mushroom, grows ingrassy fields and pastures during the autumn. It is alarger plant than the common Mushroom, has a thickercap, longer stem, and the veil is double, the lower orouter portion splitting radially into a star-shaped fashionaiul
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